7.6. Summary

The Globus Toolkit 2.2 does not provide a complete data grid solution, but provides all of the components of the infrastructure to efficiently build a secure and robust data grid solution. Major data grid projects are based on or use the Globus Toolkit and have developed data grid solutions suited to their needs.

The Globus Toolkit 2 provides two kinds of services regarding data grid needs:

  • For data transfer and access:

    - GASS, which is a simple, multi-protocol file transfer. It is tightly integrated with GRAM

    - GridFTP, which is a protocol and client-server software that provides high-performance and reliable data transfer

  • For data replication and management:

    - Replica Catalog, which provides a catalog service for keeping track of ...

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